Ordained Praise does not mean we are physically ordained. Rather we are spiritually ordained in Christ to meet the needs of our children. The Holy Spirit sends his guidance which enables us to reach out and understand the needs and desires of our children. Anything can happen when Christ is the center!

Expressions from our Youngest

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Saturday, May 14, 2011

My Homeschool Week

In my Life this Week: We had a beautiful week filled with lots of sunshine. We tried to finish our work early so we could play outside after we honored Mary at our prayer table. It's so nice to see my four year old crown Mary with flowers. Our statue has a halo on Mary and I just bought some miniature craft roses to wrap around the removable halo. It worked out very nicely.

We also had a nice visit with our mothers for Mother's Day weekend. Please pray for my mom as she has some health problems that make it hard for her to get around. She was on the heating pad for part of our visit to her.

Art: 1) Balanced Composition - observed balance in William M. Harnett's painting and made a balanced collage 2) Two Journal drawings and colorings.

Music: Piano Lessons and practice

Health: Exercise - Summer Fitness Plan (lots of swimming)

Physical Educ: 1) Ballet 2) Dance and Movement

Places We're Going/People We're Seeing: Our co-op families

My Favorite Thing this Week: My favorite part of the week was the special prayer time we had together. My daughter reads from "Imitation of Mary" by Alexander de Rouville. These are beautiful readings on the life and virtues of Mary.

What's Working/Not Working for Us: Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) has been a big help to us this year. My daughter has already completed fourteen papers just this year using methods from IEW to improve her writing skills.

Homeschool Questions/Thoughts I have: There are so many ways to approach writing. Do you find yourself exploring different methods and jumping around or do you look for patterns to teach your children? One can do a little bit of both too.

A Link, Photo, or Quote to Share: " Actions are the best interpreters of thoughts."

About Me

Our family is very blessed with five beautiful children who are striving to follow Our Dear Lord in everything they take on in life. We have been fortunate to be very active in their education and have benefitted from some very fine Catholic schools. We devoted our marriage to the Blessed Mother and believe she brings our prayers to the Lord which unites us in the Faith. Our Faith life is central to all our endeavors.

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"Stay Out of the Thorns"

Order the game I created for children 3 to 10 years old that reinforces some biblical passages and is loads of fun to play. (Adults will like it too.) It is very easy to learn. I have not priced it yet but am working towards trying to make it more affordable. I used it for the Co-op class I taught and the children loved it. It takes 20 to 30 minutes to play. See my website http://www.nucleusoflife.com/ under the teacher aids section for a customers feedback/description on this game.